Friday, July 15, 2011

What is a School Master & What Law Was Added Because of Transgression?

“The Towrah is our school master to lead us to the
true Messiah, but most of the Christian world has not even enrolled in
kindergarten and the Jesus promulgated in the Western Gentile world is an
amalgam of a celestial Santa Claus and a bleeding heart liberal who makes no
demands and has no standards for behavior.”--quote
from Michael Rood

I often-times
hear Christians quoting this obscure passage from the Apostle Sha’uwl (Paul),
but few people really understand what Paul meant when he used this typology of
the “Schoolmaster.” Let’s read it
now to get an understanding of what he meant:

Galatiym (Galatians) 3:

24 Wherefore the Towrah(written law)was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Mashiyach (Messiah), that we might be justified by faith.

25 But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.

This term in Greek means “a person
assigned to take the children to school.”

The Strong’s Greek Concordance defines very well for us
what the Apostle Sha’uwl (Paul) was describing when he compared the Towrah
(Mosaic Law) to a“schoolmaster.” The definition for this word is seen below:

# 3807. paidagogos pahee-dag-o-gos’ from
3816 and a reduplicated form of 71; a boy-leader, i.e. a
servant whose office it was to take the children to school; (by
implication, (figuratively) a tutor (“paedagogue”):-- instructor,
schoolmaster.

As you can see, this word means “a servant whose office it was to take the children to school.” But once the student gets to the classroom, the “teacher”takes
over from there. And who is our teacher? Our Messiah sent us his Ruwach (Spirit) to be our teacher:

1st
Yahuwchanon (John) 2:27 But theanointing which you
have received of him abides in you, and you
need not that any manteachyou: but as the sameanointingteachesyou of all things, and is truth, and is
no lie, and even as it has taught you, you shall abide in him.

Our Messiah has immersed (baptized) us with the Ruwach ha’Qodesh
(Holy Spirit) and fire so that we now have the anointing that teaches us all
things!

If I were to call you up on the phone, and I said to you, “I am in jail because I have broken the law,”the first thing that you would ask me is “which law did you break?” It would be ludicrous for you to think that I had broken every law in the book, wouldn’t it? Similarly, it is ludicrous for us to think that the entire Mosaic Law is our schoolmaster, especially since our Messiah already emphati-cally stated that “one jot or tittle of the Mosaic Law, shall in no wise pass away until heaven and earth passes away.” Since heaven and earth are still here, we have to conclude that the schoolmaster is still with us, because our Messiah has not come for his bride yet. And so in order to understand “which law” was our schoolmaster, we must understand which
laws were added to the marriage covenant because of Yisra’el’s transgression against the law.
You see, Yisra’el had transgressed the law in the first place in order for
additional laws to be added. But which law was added? Before we dig into Paul’s letter
to the Galatians, let’s go back to the original transgression in the
wilderness.

Our
journey begins with Mosheh (Moses) in the wilderness and the children of Yisra’el.
Mosheh first went up to Mount Sinai on the Feast of Shabuwoth (Pentecost), exactly 49 days after they left Egypt. This was the self-same day that the first set of Ten Commandments was given to Yisra’el, just after they heard his voice on Mount Sinai (Exodus 19). Mosheh communed in the mountain for forty days following Pentecost and received the written Towrah in stone. Yisra’el declared that they did not want to hear the voice of YaHuWaH, but instead, they would rather hear his voice through Mosheh. Their disdain for his voice is seen here in Exodus 20:19: “And they said unto Mosheh, Speak you
with us, and we will hear: but let not Elohiym speak with us, lest we die.” In Exodus 24:7 Yisra’el took “wedding vows” and they agreed to “obey” the coven-ant. In the next verse in Exodus 24:8, Mosheh then sprinkled the nation of Yisra’el with the blood of a bullock to sanctify them. Then in Exodus 24:12, Mosheh went up to receive the “two tables of testimony” or the “written marriage covenant” called a “ketuwbah” in Hebrew.

In Exodus 24:15, when Mosheh went up to receive the written marriage covenant for Yisra’el, the cloud “covered” the mountain for “six days” and on the “seventh day” Mosheh descended down the moun-tain to present to Yisra’el the written marriage covenant in stone.

Forty days later, Mosheh returned to find Yisra’el whoring with
the molten calf on the 17th day of the 4th month. That
is when Mosheh “broke” the first set
of stone tablets to signify that this was a “broken
marriage covenant.” In other words, it was a divorce! This is precisely why our
Messiah’s body was “broken” for us
when he died on the cross! His body symbolized that broken marriage covenant!
When his body died, what died along with it? The “law of divorce” which prevented Yisra’el from returning to him
(Matthew 26:26)!

From that point
moving forward, Yisra’el was “under the
law of divorce” according to Deuteronomy 24:1-4. This meant that they could not return to their first husband (YaHuWaH) because they had already entered into a false covenant with the molten calf. Hence, they were back in bondage again. This was the “covenant that genders to bondage” (Galatians 4:24). But then Mosheh went back up a second time on the 1st day
of the 6th month of Elul and he remained there yet another
forty days (Exodus 34:4-10). He was there in the mountain for forty days
leading up to Yowm Kippur to receive a “renewed
marriage covenant.”

Afterwards, Mosheh came down the mountain during
what is called the “Ten Days of Awe” which is the
ten-day period between the Feast of Trumpets (Yowm
Teruw’ah)andthe Day of
Atonement (Yowm Kippur). At this point, Mosheh made atonement for all the people and since Mosheh was from the Tribe of Lewiy (Levi), they were no longer under the eternal High Priest of Melchizedek.

The renewed marriage covenant would now be administered by a temporary priesthood rather than Melchizedek. This is when the “book of the law was added.” It was added because of the transgression with the molten calf. From this point moving onward, their new High Priest who would atone for them each year on Yowm Kippur was the Sons of Aharown (Aaron) and no longer would it be their eternal High Priest, Melchizedek. This was the “the law that was added because of transgression until the seed should come” (Galatians 3:19).

And when our Messiah (the seed) came, he was also sent into the wilderness as the scapegoat for Yowm Kippur immediately following his baptism (mikvah or immersion) on the 1st day of the 6th month of Elul. On the 40th day of
Mosheh being on Mount Sinai, he received the second set of Ten Commandments for
Yisra’el on Yowm Kippur (Exodus 34:10). There was a seven-day renewal of the wedding ceremony during the last of these forty days while Mosheh was in the
mountain receiving the renewed marriage covenant. This event prefigured the New Covenant that Yahuwshuwa would later on come to seal in his own blood. In the future, during what is called the “Ten
Days of Awe” between The Feast of Trumpets & The Day of
Atonement, there will also be a “seven-day” wedding for the bride of
Messiah during these two feasts.

When Mosheh came down the mountain and found Yisra’el whoring with the
molten calf the first time, he then went back up the mountain to “make atonement” for
their sins (Exodus 32:30). He acted as the High Priest on Yowm Kippur who made
atonement for the entire nation. After this, in Exodus 30:10-16, YaHuWaH
established an ordinance that Aharown (Aaron) and his sons would “make
atonement” for the nation of Yisra’el once per year on Yowm
Kippur.

We then see that Mosheh (like Messiah) also acted
as the “scapegoat” who was willing to have his name blotted
out of the book of life so that the people would live:

Shemoth (Exodus) 32:

32 Yet now, if
you will forgive their sin; and if not, blot me, I pray you, out of your book
which you have written.

33 And YHWH said
unto Mosheh (Moses), Whosoever has sinned against me, him will I blot
out of my book.

To this very day, the Jewish
people have a saying during the “Ten Days of Awe” as
they declare to one another “may your name not be blotted out of the
book of life” or “may your name be written in the book
of life.” This is precisely why our Messiah warned the Congregation
at Sardis, that because their works were not found to be perfect, they
were in danger of having their names blotted out:

Chazown (Revelation) 3:

2 Be watchful, and
strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have
not found your works perfect before Elohiym.

3 Remember therefore how
you have received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore
you shall not watch, I will come on you as a thief, and you shall not
know what hour I will come upon you.

4 You have a few names
even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and
they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy.

5 He that overcomes, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I
will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his
name before my Father, and before his angels.

Mosheh offered to have his
name blotted out instead of the nation of Yisra’el as he was foreshadowing the
role of the “scapegoat” who was the
innocent party willing to take the blame for the guilty. But the people had to
pay for their own sins because they sinned willfully after they had already
received the sprinkling of the blood at the marriage ceremony. On that day
3,000 men fell (Exodus 32:28). In Hebrews 10 & Leviticus 4:13-14, we read
that atonement is only made for those who sin out of ignorance. But for those
who sin will-fully, they will have their names blotted out:

Ibriym (Hebrews) 10:

26 For if we sin
wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remains
no more sacrifice for sins,

27 But a certain
fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the
adversaries.

28 He that despised Mosheh’s
Towrah (law) died without mercy under two or three witnesses:

29 Of how much
sorer (worse) punishment, suppose you, shall he be thought
worthy, who has trodden underfoot the Son of Elohiym, and has counted the blood
of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and has done
despite unto the Spirit of grace?

30 For we know him that
has said, Vengeance belongs unto me, I will recompense, says YHWH. And again,
YHWH shall judge his people.

We see in Revelation 19:2, that when our Messiah returns on the “Day of Vengeance” he will punish all those who rejected his blood sacrifice and he
will also “avenge” the blood of his set-apart ones (his saints). In Exodus 33:6 the
Yisrael-ites “stripped off their ornaments” of pagan idolatry
at Mount Horeb. The name “Sinai” literally means “Babylonian
moon-god” but the name “Horeb” literally
means “to kill and destroy.”This is why in Galatians
4:24, the Apostle Sha’uwl (Paul) likened the first covenant on Mount Sinai
to “bondage” because the people placed themselves back under
bondage with the golden calf after they had already taken marriage vows with
the Most High. Then at Mount Horeb, they stripped of their idolatry and this is
where they chose to “die to the old
sinful nature.” Hence, Mount Horeb represents freedom and repentance where
they chose to renew their covenant with YaHuWaH again.

In Exodus 33:11, Mosheh
communed with YaHuWaH ”face-to-face” on behalf of the people of
Yisra’el and this is once again “Yowm Kippur” language, for to this day the
Jewish people nick-named the Day of Atone-ment “face to face!”

In Exodus 34:10, Mosheh
returned to present a second set of Ten Com-mandments, but this
timeinstead of them being broken, they were deposited into an ark made
of incorruptible wood which never decays. And what is this a picture of? It is
a picture of the bride receiving the ketuwbah, thewritten “Towrah” in her
heart and mind as a sign of the “Renewed Covenant” (Jeremiah 31:31-33,
Hebrews 8:10, 10:16). In the same way that these commandments of stone were
deposited into an ark made of wood that is “incorruptible,” so the very same
command-ments were deposited into a brand new nature on the Feast of
Shabuwoth (Pentecost) in the 2nd chapter of Acts as
3,000 were saved on that day when they were “born-again of incorruptible
seed!” (1st Peter 1:23).

In Exodus 34:28, Mosheh
returned after being in the mountain a second time for yet another “forty
days and forty nights” and he received a “new” set of
stone tablets. This was a “renewed” marriage covenant! The same laws were on
these tablets only this time, when Mosheh was in the mountain for forty days,
it was leading up to Yowm Kippur. In the same way, our Messiah remained here after
his resurrection for “forty days” teaching his disciples the
Towrah (Law of Moses)!

When Mosheh presented the
second set of stone tablets to Yisra’el, and he deposited them into the Ark
of the Covenant made of incorruptible wood, this was in the second year of their journey fifty days
after “First Fruits,” the resurrection day of our Messiah. In
Deuteronomy 4:10-12 we read that the people of Yisra’el gathered to “hear” the
words of YaHuWaH as he spoke out of the “midst of the fire.”

This
was the self-same day of the Feast of Shabuwoth or Pentecost when
the Ruwach ha’Qodesh (Holy Spirit) came upon the disciples as “tongues of fire” and
they all “heard” the voice of YaHuWaH each man in his own
tongue (Acts 2:11). That is when the Towrah was then “deposited” into their new
incorruptible nature!

The first covenant that
Mosheh presented to Yisra’el was during Pentecost and forty days later, they transgressed the covenant with the molten calf. But then Mosheh went up a second time for forty more days leading up to Yowm
Kippur. When our Messiah fasted during those very same “forty days” it
was to “reverse the curse” of the broken covenant at Mount
Sinai! But he also fasted for the future sins of the House of Yahuwdah (Judah)
who would later on reject his blood sacrifice for “forty years” leading
up to 70 A.D. when the Romans came and laid siege to Jerusalem. Like Ezekiel,
our Messiah fasted “one day for each year” for the sins
of Yisra’el & Judah (Ezekiel 4:6). Both Moshehand ourMessiah, Yahuwshuwa interceded
for Yisra’el during the “forty days” leading up to Yowm
Kippur. Mosheh had come ”face-to-face” with the YaHuWaH himself and
his face shown so brightly that he had to place a “veil” over
his face to cover it (Exodus 34:33-35). Once again this is Yowm Kippur
language! Similarly, the “veil” in the Temple “parted” on
Passover the moment that Messiah died on the tree paving the way for the
Renewed Covenant. Every time we see the word “veil” in scripture, it is going to always give us a clue pertaining to Yowm Kippur typology.The literal meaning in Hebrew for the word “kippur” is“atonement,” but italso comes from the root word “kaphar” which means“to cover.”

The second time around,
Mosheh returned on the 40th day of Yowm Kippur, but the following spring, on the 50th day following First Fruits, he deposited the “Renewed Covenant” for Yisra’el into the Ark of the Covenant, just as our Messiah presented to Yisra’el a “Renewed
Covenant” on the 50th day following his First Fruits resurrection! Under the first Mosaic Covenant, Yisra’el
was cursed when they worshiped the golden calf. But they
were then redeemed with the second covenant during Yowm Kippur with theblood of the Lamb! Under the Renewed
Covenant, the House of Yahuwdah (Judah) was cursed when they rejected
their Messiah as the Passover Lamb. That is why Yahuwshuwa “cursed
the fig tree” (Mark 11:21).

But in the last days however,
the House of Yahuwdah (Judah) will be redeemed again on Yowm Kippur when they
finally accept the blood covenant of Messiah. And thus we can see that the first covenant was broken when Yisra’el sinned with the molten calf, but then that covenant was renewed during the first Yowm Kippur in the days of Mosheh. Our Messiah followed the very same pattern when he came to renew the covenant and he began his ministry during the very same time of the year on Yowm Kippur. Yahuwshuwa came to “reverse the curse” of Mount Sinai
when he fasted in the wilderness for forty days for their forty years of
unbelief in the wilderness. The four Spring Feasts represent
Messiah’s first coming and his redemption for the Lost Sheep of the House of
Yisra’el(Ten Northern Tribes of Ephrayim). But the
three Fall Feasts at his second coming will bring together “the first and the last” born of Yisra’el as one
bride.

And thus we see that
following the three Spring Feasts of Passover, Unleavened Bread, &
First Fruits there were “ten days”where the
disciples had to “tarry” to receive the promised Renewed
Covenant on Pentecost.Also following the Feast of
Trumpets, there is another period of “ten days” where
the bride typified in Rachel will have to “tarry” and prepare
herself to receive the promise of the Renewed Covenant as
well.

Both Moses & Messiah
communed with the Father for “forty days” and they
both “made atonement” for Yisra’el’s sins on Yowm
Kippur. Mosheh “renewed” the
broken marriage covenant on Yowm Kippur, but the following spring on Pentecost, he deposited the two tables of testimony into the Ark of the Covenant, made of incorruptible wood (Deuteronomy 10:3-4). Yahuwshuwa did the very same thing by renewing the marriage covenant when he first began his ministry on Yowm Kippur, he then completed his atonement for Passover and he also deposited into the hearts of men his Towrah on Pentecost into “fleshy tables of the heart” (2nd Corinthians
3:3). Mosheh “remained forty days” on Mount Sinai receiving the
Towrah for Yisra’el, and Yahuwshuwa “remained forty days” on
earth following his resurrection as he taught his disciples the Towrah. Fifty
days following the “Feast of First Fruits” (resurrection
day), both Moses & Messiah made a “deposit” of the renewed
marriage covenant (Towrah) into a vessel made of that which is “incorruptible.” What
pattern can we observe here? Well, we can see that there are “ten
days” in the spring between the ascension of Yahuwshuwa back to
the Father and the day of Pentecost when the Towrah was
written on the bride’s heart. Then in the fall there are “ten days”following
the bride’s ascension to the Father on Yowm Teruw’ah leading
up to Yowm Kippur when the bride will have her heart restored
to the “Living Towrah” the Messiah himself!

Why Did Yahuwshuwa Fast for Forty Days in the Wilderness?

You see, our Messiah fasted during the very same forty days as
when Mosheh went up to Mount Sinai to receive the marriage covenant with the
nation of Yisra’el. As many of you already know, when Mosheh returned the first time from the mountain during his forty days (following Pentecost), he found Yisra’el cheating on YaHuWaH
with the molten calf. Mosheh then went up a second time to make atonement for them with the blood of a goat. But you see, animal blood never took sins away in the first place. In Hebrews 10:4it says: “For it is not
possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.” Animal sacrifices
were only meant to point us to “the lamb slain from the foundation of the
world” (Revelation 13:8).

When Mosheh made atonement
for the nation of Yisra’el, it was only temporary until the “seed” (Messiah) would come and illustrate for us in the flesh his permanent blood atonement
which was already done in eternity. Grace was already available to them because
of that eternal sacrifice, but our Messiah had to come and “flesh it out” for us in person, so that we could see his great
love for his bride.

When our Messiah fasted in
the wilderness for forty days, he was repeating all the same steps that Mosheh
made for Yisra’el, only this time, he would be the perfect High Priest after
the order of Melchizedek who never dies. You see, the role of the High Priest
each year on Yowm Kippur represents the husband of the bride. His role was to be
the “kinsman redeemer” and to intercede for her, to stand in the gap and to
make her a spotless, sinless bride. The role of the High Priest always belonged
to Malki-Tzadiq (Melchizedek) in eter-nity, but after Yisra’el transgressed with
the golden calf, Mosheh (who was from the Tribe of Levi) had to be their High
Priest that year. Our Messiah was about to restore the role of the High Priest
back to Melchizedek. When he went into the Temple to read the Isaiah 61 scroll,
this was on Yowm Kippur. Now let’s read the account to see how we can tell that
this was on Yowm Kippur:

Luqas
(Luke) 4:

14 And Yahuwshuwa
returned in the power of the Ruwach (Spirit) into Galilee: and there
went out a fame of him through all the region round about.

15 And
he taught in their synagogues, being glorified of all.

16 And
he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he
went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read.

17 And there
was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Yeshayahuw (Isaiah).
And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written,

18 The
Spirit of YHWH is upon me, because he has anointed me to preach the besowrah (gospel)
to the poor; he has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to
the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that
are bruised,

19 Topreach
the acceptable year of YHWH.

20 And
he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and sat down. And the
eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him.

21 And
he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your
ears.

You
see, the function of the High Priest (Kohen Gadowl) each year on Yowm Kippur was
to act as the “kinsman redeemer” for the nation. The High
Priest represented the “husband” of the bride (Yisra’el), and
only he could “stand in the gap” for her and make atonement for her sins
year-by-year. The temporary order of High Priests was given to the sons of
Aharown (Aaron) after Yisra’el sinned with the molten calf in Exodus 32. After
their “transgression,” the “law of the high priest” was
added because of transgression (Galatians 3:19). Moses made Aaron and his sons
the new High Priests to minister on behalf of the nation every year for Yowm
Kippur. But prior to that, the High Priest belonged to Melchizedek (Genesis
14:18).

The Law of the High Priest Added Because of Transgression

Why
did Mosheh (Moses) hand over the role of the “Kohen Gadowl” to
the sons of Aharown (Aaron) instead of to the Tribe of Yahuwdah (Judah) from
where the Melchizedek Priesthood came? It was because Aaron was the originator
of this transgression. He was the one who caused Yisra’el to sin in the first
place with the golden calf!

Therefore,
the only way that Aaron and his sons could live, is if they were the ones who
gave their lives as a ransom for the nation!

Each
year when the High Priest performed the role of the kinsmen redeemer on Yowm
Kippur, he had to first “sanctify himself” with the blood of a bullock, and
then he had to make a sacrifice for the nation of Yisra’el with the blood of a
goat. The bullock was killed to symbolize that“golden calf worship”was being killed. And the goat was
killed to symbolize Yisra’el being killed for her own sins after this
transgression in Exodus 32. This act was to remind them year-by-year about
the “great transgres-sion” in the wilderness (Psalm
19:13) which they would never again want to repeat.

So
you see this “law” that made Levites (mortal men) into “High Priests” each year for Yowm Kippur
was now being changed when Messiah was baptized!

Ibriym
(Hebrews) 7:12For the priesthood being changed, there
is made of necessity a change also of the Towrah (law).

Our
Messiah came to restore the role of the High Priest (the husband and kinsmen
redeemer) back to the order of Melchizedek from Yahuwdah (Judah). And so when
he was baptized by Yahuwchanon (John), who was a Levite, John was the “High Priest”
in the eyes of YaHuWaH that year. But Caiaphas was selected by men (an impostor). John was
the temporary “High Priest” until the “seed” (Messiah) would come (Galatians
3:19). When John immersed Yahuwshuwa, he was transferring the role of the High
Priest back to the order of Melchizedek! That is why John had to die!

The
nation of Yisra’el has a custom of fasting for forty days leading up to Yowm
Kippur to commemorate when Mosheh was on Mount Sinai for forty days. At the end
of those forty days, Mosheh returned to find them in “transgression” with the
molten calf. Mosheh then had to make atonement for them and that is when he
instituted the “law” of the High Priests after the sons of Aaron.

This
is the reason why the nation of Yisra’el to this day calls for “forty
days of teshuwa” or repentance. This is why Yahuwshuwa fasted for
forty days leading up to Yowm Kippur. He performed the role of the
sacrificial goat at his baptism, since baptism is a symbol of death (Romans
6:4). Then he was lead into the wilderness as the scapegoat by the Holy
Spirit.

The term scapegoat literally means “the
innocent party who takes the place of the guilty party.”

When
he emerged from the wilderness after his forty days of fasting, he went to the
Temple and he read the Isaiah 61 scroll. In this passage he is showing them
that he is the “anointed one” that they were expecting, the “Mashiyach” and
he is declaring to them “the acceptable year of YaHuWaH” which
only the Kohen Gadowl could announce each year on Yowm Kippur!

You
see, if the red ribbon turned from red to white and the white stone came up, that meant that
the nation was “accepted” by YaHuWaH
that year on Yowm Kippur. It meant that their High Priest had atoned for his
own sins and then he would have been a proper vessel to atone for the nation.
That is why they were “accepted.” But if the High Priest was
corrupt and he did not sanctify himself, then he was not fit to atone for the
nation either and then he would have died behind the veil and they were “not
accepted” that year!

When
our Messiah declared “the acceptable year of YaHuWaH” he was
essentially saying to them:

“I am
now your High Priest, your kinsmen redeemer, your husband, after the order of
Melchizedek, and you are accepted because I have made atonement for you in
eternity as the lamb slain from the foundation of the world!

So what is the “schoolmaster?” In an Ancient
Hebrew Wed-ding Custom,the Spirit of Eliyahuw
(Elijah) is typified in Yahuwchanon (John) the Immerser who is
the “best man” and he is also called “The Friend of
the Bridegroom” in John 3:29, or his “witness,” who
waits at the chamber door. At the end of the seven-day wedding, the guests
will then arrive and are waiting for the door to be opened, and the wedding
banquet to begin. When the groom is ready, he knocks from the inside of
the door of the chamber, indicating that they are ready to make their public
appearance before every-one. The friend opens the door, and the guests
cheer. This will take place on Yowm Kippur when the “veil” is
removed and the bride and groom are revealed to the guests. The House of
Yahuwdah (remnant Jews who were sealed in advance) will then see him ”face-to-face”
and they will finally recognize him as their Messiah whom they
pierced (Zechariah 12:10).

The Two Witnesses at the Wedding

Yahuwchanon
(John) the Immerser (Baptist) saw himself as the groom’s “friend” (John
3:28-30). In a traditional Hebrew Wedding, it is said that Eliyahuw (Elijah) attends the groom
and John was called “Eliyahuw” even by Yahuwshuwa (Matthew
11:13-14). Eliyahuw’s message is one of preparation for the coming
Messiah. He stands and waits for the bridegroom’s knock on the door.
Matthew 17:3 shows the glorified, radiant Messiah standing with Mosheh
& Eliyahuw as his “two witnesses.” The bride’s
atten-dant according to Hebrew tradition is Mosheh (symbolic of the Towrah). His
function is to escort the bride to the bridegroom, as Mosheh escorted the
children of Yisra’el to Sinai to be wed to Elohiym there. Mosheh typifies
the Towrah (Law) which is also the “schoolmaster” that brings us
to Messiah (Galatians 3:24). But instead of the bride being escorted to Mount
Sinai (a picture of her old sinful nature which placed her back into bondage), she
will be escorted in the future to Mount Tziyown (Zion) for the wedding with Messiah! (Revelation
14:1).

In
Revelation 11:3-7, the two witnesses have the same characteristics of Elijah and
Moses. The Towrah (Law) is our schoolmaster that brings us to Messiah according
to Galatians 3:24. But the bride has not been presen-ted to the bridegroom yet!
She must be escorted to him by the Towrah (represented as Mosheh). If the bride
has not been presented to the bridegroom yet, that means that the Towrah cannot
be done away with (Matthew 5:17-19). Messiah told us that until heaven and
earth are passed away, one jot or tittle shall in no wise pass from the Mosaic
Law! But heaven and earth are still here! So when does the Mosaic Law pass away?

Chazown
(Revelation) 21:

21 And I
saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the
first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more
sea.

2 And I, Yahuwchanon
(John) saw the holy city, new Yerushalayim (Jerusalem), coming
down from Elohiym out of heaven, prepared
as a bride adorned for her husband.

You
see the bride, the New Yerushalayim, will not be presented to YaHuWaH until
after the 1,000 years are finished! All during the Millennium, the bride of
Messiah will act as the Melchizedek Priesthood with him and the entire Mosaic
Law will be implemented and “fleshed out” for 1,000 years, to include
animal sacrifices (Ezekiel 40-48). Our Messiah will perform these animal
sacrifices not as atonement for sin, but as a memorial of himself who has
always been “the lamb slain from the foundation of the world”
(Revelation 13:8). When he performs these animal sacrifices, they will only
serve as “visual pictures” to teach us what his sacrifice was all about.
All of the Feasts of YaHuWaH outlined in Leviticus 23 will be celebrated during
the Millen-nium and also the weekly 7th day Sabbath. All of the
nations who refuse to make pilgrimage to Jerusalem to keep the feasts will
suffer drought and famine (Zechariah 14:17). Below we see from the prophets
that during the Millennium, the Towrah will go out of Zion to the nations:

Yeshayahuw (Isaiah) 2:3And many people shall go and say,
Come you, and let us go up to the mountain of YHWH, to the house of the Elohiym
of Ya’aqob (Jacob); and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his
paths: for out of Tziyown (Zion) shall go forth the Towrah (law), and the word of YHWH from
Yerushalayim (Jerusalem).

Mikah (Michah) 4:2And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go
up to the mountain of YHWH, and to the house of the Elohiym of Ya’aqob (Jacob);
and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the Towrah
(law) shall go forth of Tziyown
(Zion), andthe word of YHWH from Yerushalayim (Jerusalem).

If our Messiah will be teaching us the Towrah (Mosaic Law) during the Millennium, this means that the “schoolmaster” is not merely the Towrah itself, but the schoolmaster is the “old administration” of the Levites who were mortal men. When they presented the law to us, they were limited in their understanding. And so they came up with additional man-made laws to help fill in the gaps where their carnal mind could not comprehend what the Towrah was pointing us to.Now we can begin to understand that the Mosaic Law which made mortal
men into High Priests is the only law that was “added because of transgression.” Blood sacrifices were done by the
Melchizedek Priest even since the first transgression in the Garden of Eden. And since our Messiah was always the lamb slain from the foundation of the world, this means that his law for blood atonement is eternal.

When was the first time that somebody transgressed the law or
instructions of our Creator? You see the word Towrah (law) in Hebrew
means “instructions.”Long before Yisra’el
sinned on Mount Sinai with the molten calf, someone else committed a
transgression when they were instructed not to do something and they disobeyed.
Who was it? You guessed it! Adam & Eve!

YaHuWaH gave Adam & Chawah (Eve) one simple
commandment:

Bereshiyth (Genesis) 1:

16 And YHWH Elohiym commanded the man, saying, Of every
tree of the garden you may freely eat:

17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil,
you shall not eat of it:for in the day that you eat thereof you
shall surely die.

And we know what happened after this, Adam & Eve both
transgressed this commandment. And what did YaHuWaH have to do because of their
transgression? YaHuWaH himself came down as the Melchizedek Priest and he made
a sacrifice for them:

Bereshiyth (Genesis) 3:21 Unto Adam also and to his wife
did YHWH Elohiym make coats of skins, and clothed them.

Once again, this was more than likely on Yowm Kippur aka
the Day of Atonement, because
as I mentioned earlier,the word kippur comes
from another root word kaphar which means “to
cover, to make atone-ment.” When YaHuWaH made“coverings” (skins,
coats), for Adam & Eve, he was illustrating Yowm Kippur typology! This
was thelaw that was “added because of
transgression.” The laws pertaining to blood atonement sacrifices were
added because of the transgression of Adam & Eve. Not all animal sacrifices
in the Bible were done for sin. There are other animal sacrifices that are done
for thanksgiving and worship. But the only laws that were added because of
transgression were those that pertain to blood atonement on Yowm Kippur.

The first Adam was given the role of the High Priest in the Garden of Eden, but
he failed. It then became necessary for YaHuWaH himself to come as “the
son of Adam” or “the son of man.” The
Hebrew word for “man” is “Adam.”When
our Messiah continually made reference to himself as “the son of man,” he
was letting us know that he was the Creator himself who came in the role
of “the last Adam.”

1st Qorintiym (Corinthians) 15:45And so it is
written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the
last Adam was made a quickening spirit.

In order for mankind to be redeemed, our Messiah had to fulfill the role of
the twin goats on Yowm Kippur which
would then redeem all of mankind back to their position in the Melchizedek
Priesthood for which each of us were originally created:

1st Keefa (Peter) 2:9 But you are a chosen
generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people;
that you should show forth the praises of him who has called you out of
darkness into his marvellous light.

Often-times I hear Christians declaring that we do not have to keep the Sabbath day or the Feasts of YaHuWaH, because they say that these were laws that were“added because of transgression.” Below I have listed all of the ordinances that were first instituted by YaHuWaH before the transgression with the molten calf. In addition, I also show those ordinances that are directly tied to the New Covenant in the blood of Messiah. As you can see, none of the Feasts of Yah or the Sabbath day are laws that were added because of transgression. As a matter of fact, each of these feasts point to the“Testimony of Yahuwshuwa” (Revelation 19:10).

Ordinances That Were Already in Place Before Yisra’el’s Transgression

1.) The 7th day Sabbath was instituted at
creation, by YaHuWaH following his six days of working (Genesis 2:2).

2.) Animal
sacrifices began after Adam & Eve sinned in the garden under the
Melchizedek Priesthood (Genesis 3:21).

3.) The
Biblical New Year was instituted before Yisra’el sinned on Mount Sinai with the
molten calf (Exodus 12:2 & 13:4).

4.) The
Feast of Passover & Unleavened Bread was instituted before Yisra’el sinned
with the molten calf (Exodus 12:3-49).

5.) The
Feast of Shabuwoth (Pentecost) where Yisra’el heard the voice of YaHuWaH and they received first set of stone tablets with the Ten Commandments were
given before the transgression with the molten calf

(Exodus 19).

6.) The
Feast of Trumpets (Yowm Teruwah) signals the Renewed Covenant when Mosheh went up
the second time to Mount Sinai to receive the second set of stone tablets.

7.) The
Day of Atonement (Yowm Kippur) was first instituted in the Garden of Eden when
YaHuWaH made “coverings” (skins, coats) for Adam & Eve. He acted as their
Melchizedek Priest by making atonement for them. It is also when Mosheh received the renewed marriage covenant the second time for Yisra’el. This pre-figures the New Covenant.

The Law of Divorce

For the most part, the body of Messiah is still
very much “in transgression.” We can see that our Messiah has not yet “finished
the transgression” nor has he “made an end of sins,” nor has he “brought in everlasting righteous-ness” according to Daniel 9:24. Even though he destroyed the power of sin by his once-and-for-all sacrifice on the cross, the New Covenant (the renewed marriage covenant) has not yet been fully implemented into the earth until the “Marriage Supper of the Lamb” (Revelation 19:7). After he receives his bride unto himself, he will then begin to restore the earth during his 1,000-year reign where he will fulfill all of the Towrah. You see, at his first coming,
his entire mission was to destroy “the
law of divorce” on the cross, thereby allowing the back-slidden wife,
Yisra’el to come back to him and be married to him once again. What is the law
of divorce? In Deuteronomy 24, it says the following:

Debariym (Deuteronomy) 24:

1 When a man has taken a wife,
and married her, and it come to pass
that she find no favour in his eyes, because he has found some uncleanness in
her: then let him write her a bill
of divorcement, and give it in her
hand, and send her out of his house.

2 And when she is departed out of his house, she may go and be another man’s
wife.

3 And if the latter husband
hate her, and write her a bill of divorcement, and gives it in her hand, and
sends her out of his house; or if the latter husband die, which took her to be
his wife;

4 Her former husband, which sent her away, may not take her again to be
his wife, after that she is defiled; for that is abomination before YHWH:
and you shall not cause the land to sin, which YHWH your Elohiym gives you for
an inheritance.

You see, ten out of twelve tribes of Yisra’el were divorced by
YaHuWaH in Jeremiah 3:8 because of their harlotry with pagan holidays and
idols. In 1st Kings 12, we read about how the two kingdoms of
Yahuwdah (Judah) & Yisra’el split after King Solomon died. Ten of the tribes departed from the Kingdom of Judah and they went into the heathen
nations to serve other pagan idols. King Jeroboam invented brand new pagan
holidays for them and set up a golden calf at Dan & Mount Ephrayim.

From that
point moving forward, the Ten Northern Tribes became known as “Ephrayim”
and the Two Southern Tribes became known as “Yahuw-dah”(Judah). When
our Messiah came the first time to earth, the House of Judah had returned to
the land after the Babylonian Captivity, but the other tribes were still in
exile. He came for those tribes who were in exile and he called them “the
lost sheep of the House of Yisra’el” (Matthew 15:24). The Two Southern
Tribes of Yahuwdah (Judah) were not divorced, but the other Ten Northern Tribes
were still divorced and not allowed to return to their first husband, because
they had already defiled themselves with their “Baalim” (Hosea 2). But
Hosea’s prophecy states that in the end-times, Yisra’el would “return
to her first husband” (Hosea 2:7-20). But how is this possible,
if the “law of divorce” seen in Deuteronomy 24 preven-ted them from returning to
their first husband?

The Apostle Sha’uwl (Paul) explained in Romans 7:2-4, that since
Messiah has now died on the tree, the bride is now “free from the law of her
husband, so that she may be married to another, even he who is raised from the
dead!”

You see, once the husband is dead, the law that kept her away
from him is now dead also! That is what Paul meant in Romans 7:4 when he said “Wherefore, my brethren, you also are become dead to the
law by the body of Mashiyach; that you should be married to another, even to him
who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto Elohiym.”

So you see, the only “law” that was added because of transgression, was the “law of divorce”which kept the
back-slidden bride from returning, and also the “law of the High Priest” which made mortal men into High
Priests! The rest of the Mosaic Law is still in full force until heaven and
earth passes away. The bride of Messiah will be presented to him at the beginning of the seventh millennium when he returns (Revelation 19:7). But the bride will then be transformed again into the New Jerusalem, and then she will presented to YaHuWaH after the seventh millennium, at the start of the eight millennium (Revelation 21:2).

The Towrah in its corruptible form (in stone or in scrolls) or in the “letter” was
not able to save us, and that is why we need to go to school and learn from the
Ruwach ha’Qodesh (Holy Spirit). Now, once the written law (the schoolmaster)
shows us that we need the Ruwach ha’Qodesh, we are motivated to come to faith
in Messiah because we can see our sinfulness and lawlessness.

But what is sin?

1st
Yahuwchanon (John 3:4)Whosoever commits sin transgresses also the Towrah(law):for sin is the transgression of the Towrah(law).

*Note: Aha!
If we transgress the Towrah (instructions) of our Father in Heaven, then we
sin, and what are the wages of sin?

Romiym (Romans)
6:23For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of Elohiym is eternal life through Yahuwshuwa
Mashiyach (Messiah) our Master.

If the wages of sin is death, and sin is transgression
of the Towrah (law), that means that we are under a curse every time that we
violate the Towrah (law) of YaHuWaH! And so how are we going to learn to live
righteous in Messiah? How are we going to learn to crucify the “old
sinful man” daily? How are we going to “overcome” sin
(lawlessness)?

Well we can’t do this with the“written
letter of the law” alone! We need the help of the very
same power that raised our Messiah from the dead!

The “letter of the law” does not teach us how to die daily
to the“old man.”It
only tells us how sinful we are, and we already know this!

It is like receiving a diagnosis from the doctor that you
are dying of cancer and it is not treatable. You know that you are going to
die, no matter what! There is no hope! The Doctor’s diagnosis is like the “letter of
the law.” It is a piece of paper with the doctor’s
diagnosis on it and his handwriting is not going to miraculously change!

But....what if the doctor himself (Moses) sends you to
another specialist? What if the doctor is just like that “schoolmaster” who
merely shows you that you need to get to another doctor who can treat you? What
if the doctor who gave you the diagnosis is only a “general
practitioner” and all he can do is tell you what is
wrong, but he does not know how to treat you? That is what the “letter of
the law” does! It shows us how sinful we are, but it
does not help us die to the old selfish nature!

But who can help us die to the old sinful man? Who can
teach us how to live“qodesh” (holy)
and set apart? It is the Ruwach (Spirit) of YaHuWaH who teaches how to obey his
commandments!

The teacher is the Ruwach (Spirit) of YaHuWaH, once we come to faith
by the “hearing of the law.”Once
we come to faith in Messiah, what does the Ruwach ha’Qodesh teach us to do? He
writes his Towrah (laws) in our hearts and minds and he teaches us to obey his
commandments!

In Romans 8:1-4, Paul uses
this term “the law of the spirit of life” and
he says that this“law” frees
us from another law called“the law
of sin and death.”Then he goes on to
say that the written“law” cannot make us righteous because our weak sinful flesh prevents us from being obedient to the law. So what exactly is
this THE LAW OF THE SPIRIT OF LIFE?

It is the very same spirit that gave Mosheh the Towrah---the Spirit of YaHuWaH!

The Spirit of YaHuWaH Elohiym is the Set-Apart (Holy)
Spirit.

The Towrah was written with the finger of Elohiym!

Christians often times suppose that the “letter of
the law” (in its corruptible form) is somehow different fromthe“spirit
of the law” (in its resurrected, incorruptible form). But
they are really the very same laws only in a different form.

You see the Towrah (law) in the “letter” (in stone tablets or on paper with ink) was“broken” just as Moses broke the
tablets when he found Yisra’el whoring with the molten calf. In the same way, our Messiah’s body was“broken” for us on the cross, and that is why he “broke” the bread the night before he was sacrificed for us (Luke 22:19). He was showing us that his body was now becoming the Towrah! This is why he rebuked Satan in the wilderness after being tempted to turn stones into loaves of bread (Matthew 4:4, Luke 4:4). In his declaration “man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of Elohiym,” he was teaching us that his body was about to become that living, eternal Towrah, and that we should live by every word of it!When
his body was broken, the corruptible form of the Towrah (in stone or in the
letter) was also broken (destroyed). But what happened to Messiah’s body? He
resurrected! And so what does this mean? It means that the same Towrah (law)
has now resurrected also! It means that the Towrah (law) has come to us in human form and it has now become incorruptible! It means that we still have the same Towrah (law)
in a more permanent form, called “the law of the spirit of life” (Romans
8:2). It is also referred to as “the
perfect law of liberty” (James 1:25), because it does
what? The law in its permanent, resurrected form brings us LIBERTY!
FREEDOM! NOT BONDAGE!

Romiym (Romans) 8:

1 There
is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Messiah Yahuwshuwa, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Mashiyach (Messiah) Yahuwshuwa has made me free from the law of sin and death.

*Note: we
are not under condemnation when we do what? Walk in the power of the Holy
Spirit! And what does the Holy Spirit do? He frees us from the law of sin and
death,with
what?Another
law called“the law
of the spirit of life!”

Romiym (Romans) 8:3 For what the Towrah (law in stone or
in the letter)
could not do, in thatit was weak through the flesh, Elohiym sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful
flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:

*Note: the
Law in its corruptible form in the letter or in stone, could not save us
----why? Because the Law in the letter is WEAK BECAUSE OF OUR OWN SINFUL FLESH!

Romiym (Romans) 8:4 That the righteousness of the Towrah (law) might be fulfilled in us, who
walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

*Note: Because
Messiah condemned sin in his own flesh, we are now able to FULFILL THE
RIGHTEOUSNESS OF THE LAW WHEN WE WALK IN THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT!

Romiym (Romans) 8:

5 For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of
the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.

6 For to be carnally minded is death; but to
be spiritually minded is life and peace.

*Note: the
Towrah (law) of YaHuWaH is “spiritual”(Romans
7:14),but we as humans are“carnal.”And so to be carnal is death, but
to be spiritual (subject to the law) is life and peace!

Romiym (Romans) 8:7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against Elohiym: for
it is not subject to the Towrah(law)of Elohiym, neither indeed can be.

*Note: Aha! The
carnal mind is NOT SUBJECT TO THE LAW OR TOWRAH! That is why we must be
BORN-AGAIN! When we “put off
the old man”(Colossians 3:9), and
we “put on
the new man” (Colossians 3:10), we are actually putting
on Messiah himself, the renewed image of Elohiym!

Romiym (Romans) 8:8 So then they that are in the flesh
cannot please Elohiym.

*Note: We are not able to please YaHuWaH Elohiym when we
are walking in the flesh because the“old
sinful nature” is not
subject to the law(Towrah) of
YaHuWaH! But when we are walking by the resurrec-tion power of Messiah, in the
power of the Ruwach ha’Qodesh (Holy Spirit), we are now able to be subject to
the Towrah!

A Cult Called “Works of the Law”

Before we dig into Paul’s letter to the Galatians, it is
impera-tive that you understand where this term “Works of the Law” came
from. In 1947, an important document was found with the “Dead Sea Scrolls” which proves that Paul’s letter to the Galatians was not about the entire Mosaic Law.
When Paul condemned the “Works of the Law” he was not even speaking about the
Mosaic Law, but instead, he was specifically speak-ing about an Essene
Sect of Judaism that enforced outward circumcision in the flesh as a means to
salvation. But that was never the case, even under the Abrahamic & Mosaic
Coven-ants. Abraham received circumcision in his flesh ONLY as a “sign” of his faith (Romans 4:11), which he had already obtained long before being circumcised.To read more about this cult, click on this link below:

Okay, so with this understanding, let’s break down the
letter that Sha’uwl (Paul) wrote to the Galatians.

Galatiym (Galatians) 3

1 O foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you, that you should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Yahuwshuwa Mashiyach (Messiah) has been evidently
set forth, crucified among you?

2 This only would I learn of you, Received you the Spirit
by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?

Now, it is important to point out that the Greek word used here for “bewitched” is “baskaino” which is #940 in the Strong’s Concordance. This word means to “charm, fascinate” or in other wordsto“seduce.” This means that the Galatians were under some spell of a cult who had convinced them that being circumcised in the flesh is what made them righteous rather than having a relationship with Yah. Now, you will also notice that Paul
did not ask them:“did you
receive the Spirit by the hearing of the law?” He
specifically asked them “did you receive the spirit by works of the law or by the hearing of faith?”So
what is the difference?Paul begins by asking“who has bewitched you, that you should not obey the truth?” Now if King David had already declared “thy law is truth,” and Paul asked them who had bewitched them into not obeying the truth, then Paul could not have been talking about the Law of Elohiym, but rather, some other law: Tehilliym
(Psalm)119:142Your righteousness is an
everlasting righteousness, and your Towrah (law) isthetruth.He was obviously making a distinction between the hearing of faith (which is the law of truth), and some other law that was seducing them away from the Towrah. We know that all new converts in Messiah were already hearing the Mosaic Law every Sabbath day according to Acts 15:21, so obviously that was not the law that was being spoken of here. So which law did Paul mean? You see, in Paul’s
day, there were three sects of Judaism:Pharisees, Sadducees & Essenes.

The Essenes were very rigid and legalistic about the
Towrah (Mosaic Law) and they created their own cult called “The Works of the Law.”This
cult taught that one could be JUSTIFIED by doing certain “works” of their own interpretations
of the Mosaic Law, even WITHOUT HAVING FAITH in Elohiym!

If Sha’uwl (Paul) was discounting the Towrah
(instructions) of our Heavenly Father for bringing us to faith and receiving
the Holy Spirit, he would be contradicting King David:

Tehilliym (Psalm) 19:7 The Towrah (law) of YHWH is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of YHWH is sure, making wise the simple.

The Towrah (law) is perfect and it CONVERTS THE
SOUL---brings us to faith in Messiah!

Galatiym (Galatians) 3:3 Are you so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are you now made perfect by the flesh?

*Note:the
Galatians started out with the Holy Spirit’s power to obey the commandments by
the hearing of faith. But now they were going backwards and trying to obtain
power by outward circumcision in the flesh. Was Paul against outward
circumcision in the flesh? No! He even circumcised Timothy (Acts 16:3), and he proved that
he was not against the Mosaic Law or circumcision in Acts 21:21-27 when he performed
a Nazarite Vow in the Temple. So what did Paul mean when he equated circumcision in the flesh to being bewitched?

Circumcision of the Heart

You see, outward circumcision was never the way to obtain
faith in the first place, even under the Abrahamic Covenant. Abraham received circumcision in
his flesh AFTER HE HAD FAITH, as an outward signof
his faith in YaHuWaH. Out-ward circumcision merely served as a reminder of
circum-cision in the heart (Deuteronomy 10:16, 30:6, Jeremiah 4:4). But now the
Galatians had some infiltrators who were trying to convince them that they
needed to be circumcised outward-ly in order to be brought back into covenant
with Elohiym. That is what the entire controversy was about. Listen to what
Paul writes:

Galatiym (Galatians) 3:

4 Have you suffered so many things in vain? if it be yet
in vain.

5 He therefore that ministers to you the Ruwach (Spirit),
and works miracles among you, does he do it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?

*Note: Notice
that Paul makes a distinction between the “hearing of faith” and “going through the motions” of
the law without faith (dead works).

This means that faith comes by hearing what? The word of
Elohiym (Towrah)! Romans 10:17 says that faith comes by hearing the word of
Elohiym (Towrah)! Doing meaningless works without faith is useless. And which“word of
Elohiym” was in print when Sha’uwl (Paul) wrote this letter?
The Law & Prophets! There was no such book called the“New Testament” scriptures in those days. The “BriythChadashah” (Renewed Covenant writings) did not go into print until about 96 C.E. after Paul had written this letter to the Galatians. And so the only “hearing of faith” that
they had was hearing the Law of Moses, and then obeying it by faith!

And so we see here that Paul is making a distinction
between the “hearing of faith” in the word of Elohiym, (which by the way includes the Law & Prophets), and this
Essene Cult in his day who called themselves “Works of the Law.”
The existence of this cult was proven in 1947 when a document was discovered
along with the Dead Sea Scrolls. In America, there has been several law suits
filed by various religious organi-zations over this document because the very
existence of this document will shatter the lies that have been taught to us
over the years about the Towrah (law) of YaHuWaH and its role under the Renewed
Covenant.

Paul poses the question: Is there any profit in circumcision?

Romiym (Romans) 3:1What advantage then
has the Yahuwdiy (Jew)? or what profit is there of circumcision?

2 Much every way: chiefly,
because that unto them were committed the oracles of Elohiym.

Romiym (Romans)
2:25 For circumcision verily profits, if you keep the Towrah (law): but if you be a breaker of the Towrah (law), your circumcision is made
uncircumcision.

You see, circumcision was to the Yahuwdiy (Jew) what water baptism is today for Christians. The water itself does not save you, but when you are baptized in water, it is an outward expression of an inward grace that is taking place. Romans 6:4 explains that being baptized in water is a symbol of being baptized into the death, burial and resurrection of Messiah. Is baptism commanded? Is it mandatory under the New Coven-ant? Yes! But does baptism alone save you? NO! Baptism without repentance or a life of obedience is worth-less in the same way that outward circumcision is worthless without obedience to the commandments. Therefore, outward circumcision was not against the faith of Messiah, but it was not the means to salvation either. That was all that Paul was trying to convey. He was not forbidding circumcision in the flesh.

But this cult wanted Gentiles to convert to their man-made
religion and to obey them without having faith in YaHuWaH Elohiym first. It was all about the money, because then they could charge these new converts circumcision fees and then they would be allowed to go into the inner court (the Sanctuary) of the Temple according to Ezekiel 44:7. Once these new converts were circumcised in their flesh, then they could be charged “temple taxes,” and that was the motivation for this cult to circumcise them in the first place!

Sha’uwl
(Paul) was rebuking them because they were“putting
the cart before the horse”by
not allowing Gentiles to have fellowship with them until they first did outward
circumcision and went through a man-made conversion into their sect.

It would be the equivalent of what the Catholic Church
does to this day, in teaching that “one must be baptized into
the Catholic Church first, attend Catechism classes and then the priest will
pronounce you as saved.”And of course we know
that this is completely false. Yahuwshuwa told us in John 3:3 that we must be
BORN-AGAIN BY THE HOLY SPIRIT---NOT JOIN A MAN MADE RELIGION. Now let us continue with Sha’uwl’s letter to the Galatians:

Galatiym (Galatians) 3:

6 Even as Abraham believed Elohiym, and it was accounted to him for
righteousness.

7 Know you therefore that they which are of faith, the
same are the children of Abraham.

8 And the scripture, foreseeing that Elohiym would justify
the heathen through faith, preached before the besowrah (gospel) unto Abraham, saying, In
you shall all nations be blessed.

9 So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful
Abraham.

*Note: Paul
is speaking of JUSTIFICATION here. He is NOT addressing the next step (after we
are justified) which is called SANCTIFICATION. After we come into the faith, we
are told to “work our
own salvation with fear & trembling”(Philippians 2:12).Paul
was putting things in the proper order here. He was shoot-ing down the
heresy of this cult known as “Works
of the Law”because they were requiring
Gentiles to become circumcised as a“pre-requisite” to salvation.

But we are SAVED BY GRACE THROUGH FAITH, as this was
always the case even under the Abrahamic & Mosaic Covenants. No person was
ever justified by keeping the Law. But after we are justified by grace through
faith, the Ruwach ha’Qodesh (Holy Spirit) brings us into SANCTIFICATION, by
teaching us to obey the Towrah (law) of YaHuWaH Elohiym----not the laws of men!

The Curse for Breaking the Law

Galatiym (Galatians) 3:10 For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continues not in all things which
are written in the book of the law to do them.

*Note: What
does Paul mean here? Is he telling us that we are under a curse for attempting
to obey the law? NO! He is telling us thatif this is the way in which we
seek to be justi-fied, then we are under a curse, because our human nature will
inevitably cause us to sin (transgress the law) and then we will come under the
curses of Deuteronomy 28. Butif we
are justified by grace through faith first, and then we obey the Towrah (law)
as a RESULT OF OUR FAITH, then we are not under a curse! TheTowrah only brings us under a curse when we seek to
be justified by it! But when it becomes the end result of our walking in the
Holy Spirit’s
power, then it gives us liberty!

Galatiym (Galatians) 3:11 But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of Elohiym, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith.

*Note: Aha!
Paul reveals what he is talking about here. He says that NO MAN IS JUSTIFIED BY
THE LAW. He never says that we are no longer required to obey the law AFTER WE
ARE JUSTIFIED BY FAITH. And what does Paul mean when he says “as many as are of the works of
the law are under the curse?” He is emphasizing that
belonging to this cult and doing things in the reverse order of“putting
the cart before the horse” brings us under a curse.Why? Because no man is able to
perfectly keep the Towrah (Mosaic Law) 100% of the time. But if we are
JUSTIFIED BY GRACE THROUGH FAITH FIRST, then we are FREE TO OBEY THE LAW
WITHOUT FEAR OF CONDEMNATION if we should happen to break it unintentionally.

Galatiym (Galatians) 3:12 And the law is not of faith: but, The man that does them shall live in them.

*Note: What
does he mean here? Which laws does he mean? He is referring to certain man-made
interpre-tations of the Towrah (Law). He is telling us that keeping the law does
not produce faith, and it cannot justify us. If a man supposes that he shall be
justified, simply by outward obedience to the law, then he must be able to live
by the law 100% of the time without fail.

Galatiym (Galatians) 3:13 Messiah has redeemed us from the curse of the law, being
made a curse for us:
for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangs on a tree:

*Note: Messiah has
redeemed us from the curse of not being able to obey the law. What is this curse? InDeuteronomy
28there are 98 curses
for not obeying the law. That is why during the week of The Feast of Tabernacles there were 14 lambs slaughtered for each of
the 7 days of this feast, totaling 98 lambs for each curse that Yisra’el incurred when they failed to
keep the law. Messiah fulfilled all of these animal
sacrifices in his “once-and-for-all”
blood sacrifice.

Galatiym (Galatians) 3:

14 That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles
through Yahuwshuwa Mashiyach (Messiah); that we might receive the promise of
the Spirit through faith.

15 Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though it be
but a man’s covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man annuls, or adds to it.

*Note: What
is Paul talking about here? He is giving an example of what happens in a man-made
contract or covenant. He says (if I may paraphrase), “once a contract is made, no person adds to or takes
away from that contract....therefore, how much more with a covenant that
YaHuWaH Elohiym made with Abraham? Shall Elohiym not make good on his promises?”Paul
is explaining that entering into covenant with YaHuWaH Elohiym is exactly the
way it was for Abraham--by faith. But once that marriage covenant was
established, YaHuWaH Elohiym gave Yisra’el his Towrah (instructions) on how to
live holy, set-apart, victorious and abundantly.

It was only after Yisra’el transgressed this marriage
covenant with the molten calf, that YaHuWaH allowed Mosheh to add the “Law of the Sons of Aaron” for the High
Priestly line. The mortal priesthood cannot adequately atone for sins because
there is always the possibility of them dying behind the veil in the Holy of
Holies. Also, they had to perform these sacrifices “year-by-year” because Yisra’el
continued to sin and transgress the Towrah (law). But now, since Messiah is
that permanent, immortal High Priest who never dies, he has imparted to us his
spirit which empowers us to live holy and righteous, just like him!

Galatiym (Galatians) 3:

16 Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He
said not, “And to
seeds,”as of many; but as
of one, “And to your seed,” which is
Messiah.

17 And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed
before of Elohiym in Mashiyach (Messiah), the law, which was four hundred and
thirty years after, cannot dis-annul that it should make the promise of none
effect.

18 For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of
promise: but Elohiym gave it to Abraham by promise.

19 Wherefore then serves the law?It was added because of transgressions, till the
seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in
the hand of a mediator.

20 Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but Elohiym is
one.

21 Is the law then against the promises of Elohiym? Elohiym forbid: for if there had been a law given which
could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the Towrah
(law).

*Note: the
Towrah (law) of YaHuWaH Elohiym is NOT AGAINST THE PROMISES OF ELOHIYM!

Before the transgression in the wilderness with the golden calf, Abraham obeyed the voice of YaHuWaH and his Towrah (law) according to Genesis 26:5. But the Towrah in stone tablets had not been given yet, for Yisra’el had not been born yet, and they had not yet transgressed the covenant with the molten calf. That is why Paul explained that the covenant given to Abraham 430 years earlier could not be annulled just because Yisra’el had transgressed the covenant in the wilderness. Sha’uwl (Paul) goes on to explain that the covenant was first established between Abraham & YaHuWaH, and the only reason why the role of the High Priest transferred from Melchizedek to the sons of Aharown (Aaron) was because of the incident with the golden calf. Abraham was a man who lived by complete faith and trust in YaHuWaH, and there was no need for a written covenant in stone. Abraham learned how to com-mune in prayer with Elohiym and to listen to his voice. Yisra’el, however were a stiff-necked and rebellious people who did not want to listen to the voice of YaHuWaH. Therefore, it became necessary to give them the commandments in stone tablets. Now, with that understanding, let’s continue with Sha’uwl’s letter to the Galatians:

Galatiym (Galatians) 3:

22 But the scripture has concluded all under sin, that the
promise by faith of Yahuwshuwa Mashiyach (Messiah) might be given to them that believe.

23 But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the
faith which should afterwards be
revealed.

24 Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Mashiyach (Messiah), that
we might be justified by faith.

25 But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.

*Note: Once,
again, as I stated at the beginning of this teaching, a schoolmaster is a term
in Greek that means “a person
assigned to make sure the student gets to class every day.”But once the student gets to
class, the “teacher”takes over from there. The “schoolmaster” is the law that made the sons
of Aharown (Aaron) into High Priests each year on Yowm Kippur. This law was
added because of the transgression with the molten calf, and it was not placed
inside of the Ark of the Covenant, but rather, it was placed on the side of the
ark (Deuteronomy 31:26). In this “book of the law” were all of the ordinances for the Priesthood after the sons of Aaron. All of these ordinances were done as a prophetic shadow-picture of Messiah. This “book of the law” kept Yisra’el married to the Levites as their temporary husband instead of Yahuwshuwa Messiah who is Melchizedek. This is why John the Immerser (Baptist) had to die! He had to die to show that the temporary High Priestly line was now about to die, so that Yisra’el could be married to her kinsmen redeemer after the order of Melchizedek again. But she was also not allowed to return to her first husband according to Deuteronomy 24 either. Just like Tamar who became a widow twice in Genesis 28, so Yisra’el was now about to become a widow twice! Tamar’s first husband (Er) represented Messiah in his mortal body because he died. Then her second husband (Onan) symbolized John the Immerser (Baptist) who was a Levite and he was also about to die after Messiah was baptized. You see the Levites and the Rabbis refused to allow the widowed wife (Ten Lost Tribes of Yisra’el) to come back into covenant to receive their inheritance, in the same way that Onan would not give Tamar a son. But then her third husband (Judah) symbolized the resurrected Messiah, who is the promised Son (like Shelah) who also became the “everlasting Father” (Isaiah 9:6). Judah was her father-in-law who promised to send her his son, Shelah, but Judah himself (the father) became her kinsmen redeemer when he impregnated her with twins! This was symbolic of our Messiah who came to fulfill the pattern of the Twin Goats for Yowm Kippur! To learn more, see my other article entitled “The Father & the Son Seen in Judah, the Kinsmen Redeemer.”

Our Messiah has now given us the anointing of the Ruwach
ha’Qodesh (Holy Spirit) to teach us his Towrah and to walk in obedience. The
Towrah in its corruptible form in stone or in scrolls or in the “letter” never made it’s
way into the hearts of men, but in Messiah, he is the “Word in mortal flesh”
(John 1:1) but when he died, he also became the “Towrah in resurrected immortal
flesh.” In the incorruptible, resurrected form, the Towrah has now come
into our hearts.

The teacher is now with us through the Ruwach (Spirit) of
YaHuWaH who teaches us to obey his Towrah (Law).

Many today in the Christian Church don’t even have the real
Messiah to begin with or the real Spirit of YaHuWaH, so how are they able to be
taught the true gospel? The Apostle Sha’uwl (Paul) illustrated this in his day:

2nd Qorintiym (Corinthians) 11:4 For if he that
comes preaches another Yahuwshuwa(Jesus), whom we have not preached, or if you receive another spirit, which you have not received, or another gospel, which you have not accepted, you might well bear with
him.

Paul rebuked the Corinthian Church because they were ready
to accept“Another Spirit” or “Another Yahuwshuwa” and “Another
Gospel”and why was this
happening?

It is because the Corinthians were not schooled in the Towrah
to begin with, so they had all kinds of pagan ideas left over from their former
lives. They had no“gauge” for
how to identify the real Messiah from the pagan counterfeit ones. They had no
gauge for how to identify the true Holy Spirit who always agrees with what is written
in the scriptures, versus the false spirit of Anti-Messiah who teaches lawlessness.

And so Paul had to bring them back to the basics again.
They had to go back to the rudimentary principles of being taught the Towrah (Mosaic
Law) which is the schoolmaster. And this schoolmaster brings us to the real
Messiah, Yahuwshuwa, and the real set-apart Spirit and the real
besowrah (gospel)!

Now once the“schoolmaster” (the written law) gets
us to the school, what will the Holy Spirit teach us?

Towrah Written in Our Hearts

The Holy Spirit will deposit the very same laws into
us in spiritual form:

Ibriym (Hebrews) 8:10 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of
Yisra’el after those days, says YHWH; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in
their hearts: and I will
be to them an Elohiym, and they shall be to me a people:

Ibriym (Hebrews) 10:16 This is the covenant that I will make with them after
those days, says
YHWH, I will put my
laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;

In conclusion, we have the “schoolmaster” which
is the written Towrah in stone or in scrolls which “kills our
flesh” because “the letter kills”(2nd Corinthians
3:3-4). This is because
our flesh must be crucified daily.

But once the written law (the schoolmaster) gets us safely
to school, we have the Holy Spirit who “teaches us” the
same law only not under an earthly teacher or a Rabbi, (who has limited understanding),
but now the Rabbi is Yahuwshuwa Messiah himself:

Mattithyahuw (Matthew) 23:8 But be not you called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Mashiyach (Messiah); and all you are brethren.

We have only one teacher, one Rabbi, Yahuwshuwa ha’Mashiyach!

The word “Rabbi” often times means: Master
or Teacher,
but more literally, it means “my great one.” This is why
Yahuwshuwa does not want us to call any human being “Rabbi!”

There is only one “Great One” and
that is our Master YaHuWaH Elohiym and Messiah!

And so ultimately the final teacher is Yahuwshuwa Messiah
himself as he has sent the Ruwach ha’Qodesh to teach us. There is nothing wrong
with having earthly teachers, so long as we know who the final authority is,
and we don’t allow an earthly teacher to usurp the authority of the word of Elohiym
over us. Every person who teaches us must be under the authority of Messiah and
the scriptures as their final authority.

The term “under the law” in those
days when Paul wrote this letter to the Galatians, meant to be“under rabbinic law” and
so we are not “under” some earthly Rabbi
if the Holy Spirit is our teacher. The earthly Rabbi may be our schoolmaster
who brings us to faith in Messiah (just like the priesthood of Aaron), but once we
obtain faith in Messiah and our heart is circumcised, then Messiah is our
Rabbi, who teaches us how to obey his Towrah!

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Awesome teaching Maria! You confirmed some things I had supposed and taught some things I also had not heard of before. Especially liked the comment about the cult called "works of the law" they had found near the Dead Sea Scrolls. That showed why the great apostle chose his words the way he did to the Galatians, they truly had been 'bewitched' or seduced by "another gospel." Great job! Would love to hear more of your teachings as you comment directly from the original writings.

The circumcision was part of the law, should all Christians be circumcised? And should we also kill a lamb and eat the Passover? I thank my Father in heaven that he sent his Son to fulfill all righteousness, and the law. He was and is the fulfillment of all of the law. It is finished. He now works by his Spirit, to fulfill the law in and through us.

The circumcision was part of the law, should all Christians be circumcised? And should we also kill a lamb and eat the Passover? I thank my Father in heaven that he sent his Son to fulfill all righteousness, and the law. He was and is the fulfillment of all of the law. It is finished. He now works by his Spirit, to fulfill the law in and through us.